Katy Hoo
@sujilu.bsky.social
Resist oppression, build solutions, work diligently for all. Retired Child Psychologist. Eternal gardener. Be an ally.
This is incredibly upsetting. And like so many things in this administration - no real process, no responsiveness, no transparency, no clarity - I'd bet they don't even know what they're doing as they drive heavy equipment out there.
Our Public Lands & Waters@publiclandswaters.bsky.social · 18h agoThe destruction of the Rio Grande in Big Bend National Park has begun. #bigbend #nationalparks #publiclands #protectpubliclands #bigbendnationalpark
Big tax results out of Missouri tonight: Voters statewide rejected by an huge margin a GOP ballot measure to phase out the income tax. They also renewed a sales tax to keep state parks free. And Kansas City approved a package of $1.7 billion of bonds for infrastracture.
Daaaamn. “AI is the asbestos we're shovelling into the walls of our technological society. Our descendants will spend generations digging it out again, and the longer the bubble goes on without popping, the longer it will take to repair the damage." www.thenerve.news/p/cory-docto...
Cory Doctorow: The people who tell you ‘AI is changing everything’ are lying
It has become impossible to tell managers mesmerised by artificial intelligence that the tools are not, in fact, helpful. So employees just play along with the fiction to keep their jobs, writes our t...
thenerve.news
Former Republican Sen. Jeff Flake just endorsed Jon Ossoff for Senate in Georgia. "Character matters. And I want someone in that seat who takes the institution seriously and will protect the institution."
Former GOP Sen. Jeff Flake backs Jon Ossoff, saying ‘character matters’
The Arizona Republican has been one of the loudest critics of President Donald Trump. He says Ossoff's character outweighs any policy disagreements they might have.
ajc.com
This is, to put it bluntly, not good at all: · the new owner publicly put his name forward to be Trump's transportation secretary last year · 54 of 128 employees were laid off the moment the sale went through, including the editor and director of content, news editor, and assistant news editor.
WEHCO sells Chattanooga Times Free Press to Craig and Max Fuller | Chattanooga Times Free Press
Freight media executive and entrepreneur Craig Fuller and his father, Max Fuller, have purchased the Chattanooga Times Free Press from Arkansas-based WEHCO Media Inc. in a deal announced to newspaper ...
timesfreepress.com
There's a massive "Weed Washing" station a block up from my house (and a mile from the Wildfire Camp). What's a Weed Washing Station you ask? TIL via Oregon Department of Forestry: Amazing just how much work and care goes into fighting wildfires!
These Republican amendments went down in flames. WE WON!
Baltimore thinks 911 needs a revolution. Find out how the city is helping people before they end up in crisis situations. https://kffhealthnews.org/public-health/baltimore-911-mental-health-calls-police-social-services-mobile-crisis-teams/
Baltimore Is Rethinking What It Means To Call 911 -- And Who Responds - KFF Health News
The city wants to stop health crises before they happen and is creating a new service to do that when people call 911.
kffhealthnews.org
“The documents suggest that the administration was ‘lying or spreading misinformation about these fantastic public lands’ when it justified cutting the protected areas…” www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/c...
Documents Undercut Trump’s Claims About Bears Ears National Monument
President Trump said recreation in Bears Ears National Monument was virtually impossible. Documents reviewed by The New York Times show officials knew otherwise.
nytimes.com
Edison Tower Caused Deadly Eaton Fire That Decimated Altadena, Investigation Finds deadline.com/2026/08/edis...
Edison Tower Caused Deadly Eaton Fire That Decimated Altadena: Report
An out-of-service SoCal Edison transmission tower sparked the deadly January 2025 Eaton Fire north of Los Angeles, according to the final report.
deadline.com
Another GOP incumbent not seeking re-election. They’re all panicking about the midterms.
13. That is not happening. Of the estimated $1.6 billion being spent on the midterms, not even a quarter of it is going to Democrats, according to the Post. www.washingtonpost.com/elections/in...
Meet the megadonors pouring more than $1.6 billion into the 2026 elections
Billionaires and newly minted trillionaire Elon Musk make up the top individual donors.
washingtonpost.com
Chipotle isolated a single source of Jalapeno peppers contaminated with Salmonella. They figured it out. RFK Jr. can’t
You won't regret clicking on this beautifully told story by @lsommer.bsky.social about the Pacific Ocean and how the Trump regime is opening some marine monuments to commercial fishing.
These are some of the last pristine ocean ecosystems. Now, they're losing protections
The largest conservation areas in the U.S. are in the Pacific Ocean, where tiny islands are epicenters of biodiversity. The Trump administration is now opening their waters to commercial fishing, spar...
apps.npr.org
NEWS: Abdul El-Sayed has won the Democratic Primary for U.S. Senate in Michigan. He will face off against Republican Mike Rogers in November.
*American farmers slid solar panels over 62,000 acres of farmland, and the biggest payoff had almost nothing to do with electricity* #Erneuerbare #Renewable #Solar #Photovoltaik energiesmedia.com/solar-panels…
American farmers slid solar panels over 62,000 acres of farmland, and the biggest payoff had almost nothing to do with electricity
Long rows of solar panels march across the desert, and underneath them, where the ground should be baked and bare, there are rows of green.
energiesmedia.com
lol so they're FINALLY admitting they knew this was going to fuck w/ Aluminum... They gonna admit they knew the chain would keep going indefinitely, or nah?
Pentagon War Game Exposed a Critical US Aluminum Risk Months Before Iran Attacks
Supplies of an ultra-refined form of the metal used in fighter jets are tight after drones damaged a UAE plant.
bloomberg.com
Blaise Ulysse Bernard Collins@wittywebhandle.bsky.social · 5mo ago- It's not just Oil; Aluminum prices are surging - It's not just Oil & Aluminum; Medications are now scarce - It's not just Oil, Aluminum, & Medications; Methylamine, Nickel, Lithium prices are surging & scarcity rising - It's not just Oil, Aluminum, Medications, Methylamine, Nickel, Lithium: Mo-
"As part of the partnership, Patel has brought officials from China's Ministry of Public Security, or MPS, to multiple FBI facilities in the United States to share intelligence and investigative information."
EXCLUSIVE: Under Patel, FBI forges unprecedented law enforcement ties with China, Russia
FBI Director Kash Patel says he has forged new law enforcement partnerships with China and Russia, two longtime U.S. rivals, over the past year in hopes of gaining allies in combating transnational cr...
reuters.com
CYBERATTACKS TARGETING WATER AND WASTEWATER FACILITIES IN AT LEAST SEVEN US STATES APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN INTENDED LESS TO CRIPPLE INFRASTRUCTURE THAN TO DEMONSTRATE IRANIAN REACH, INTIMIDATE THE PUBLIC AND SHAPE PERCEPTIONS, CYBERSECURITY EXPERTS TOLD IRAN INTERNATIONAL.
Fueled by local organizing and anger over ICE activity, voters flipped this California city to a liberal majority this spring. An immigrant rights advocate says ICE raids escalated voters' frustrations. "That is fueling people to the polls."
How Immigrant Organizing Flipped Nixon’s Hometown - Bolts
The California city of Whittier swung to Democrats this spring, spurred by ICE raids and by anger toward election rules that long dampened turnout among Latinos and kept them out of city government.
boltsmag.org
Kansas voters rejected a ballot measure that would have made members of the state’s Supreme Court electable by popular vote — a seemingly technical issue that had become a proxy battle for the future of abortion rights in the state, Decision Desk HQ projects. https://bit.ly/4c3fG0d
Kansas voters reject another attempt to reshape the state’s abortion landscape
Reproductive rights supporters framed the ballot measure to elect state justices as an attempt to weaken abortion rights.
19thnews.org
U.S. AVIATION: Federal aviation officials are reviewing an air-traffic safety incident involving a military helicopter carrying President Trump, according to WSJ.
🚨BREAKING: Missouri voters defeated a GOP bid to limit their ability to amend the state constitution. The measure was the GOP's attempt to diminish the power of voters who’ve used citizen initiatives to expand Medicaid and protect abortion access.
Missouri voters reject ballot measure limiting their power to amend state constitution
Notably, the proposed amendment would not have affected constitutional amendments that the legislature put on the ballot. State lawmakers only wanted to make it harder to pass a voter-led measure,…
democracydocket.com
This is nice to see!! @halfmarshall.bsky.social Go Texas!!! (again, why TX leaders like Beto, Crockett, who aren't running in November, are important)
Marc Elias@marcelias.bsky.social · 18h agoRepublican officials were faced with a massive backlash from outraged voters who packed the meeting room — and two overflow rooms — to demand that their voting locations remain open. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Republican power grabs in Kansas and Missouri are going down in flames with 18-25% of votes reported so far. Missouri's Amendment 4 aimed to make citizen-initiated constitutional amendments practically impossible. Kansas' Amendment 1 was designed to flip the state Supreme Court to ban abortion
"We have a responsibility to support victims of religious trauma and survivors of domestic and sexual abuse." sojo.net/articles/opi...
How Tia Levings Quit Being a ‘Well-Trained Wife’
Many churches have swept abuse under the rug, but Levings’ former religious community outright endorsed it.
sojo.net
This is quite literally professional malpractice.
Don Moynihan@donmoyn.bsky.social · 19h agoOne year $150M contract to a small Texas firm that lacks immigration law experience
